304th Military Police Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2007
304th Military Police Company Lineage
Constituted 6 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 304th Prisoner of War Escort Company
Activated 7 March 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 304th Military Police Escort Guard Company
Inactivated 3 December 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
Redesignated 8 January 1947 as the 304th Military Police Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 17 January 1947 at Louisville, Kentucky
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 26 October 1950 at Louisville, Kentucky
Activated 1 May 1959 at Bardstown, Kentucky
Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Bardstown, Kentucky; released from active military service 13 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 4 April 1963 to Bluefield, West Virginia
Ordered into active military service 3 January 1991 at Bluefield, West Virginia; released from active military service 4 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 2 July 1996 at Bluefield, West Virginia; released from active military service 27 March 1997 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 6 December 2002 at Bluefield, West Virginia; released from active military service 5 December 2003 and reverted to reserve status
304th Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997